STAND. COM. REP. NO. 298-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 891
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 891, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide the University of Hawaii (UH) Medical School (School) and Health Sciences Library (Library) with a sustainable source of funding by:
(1) Creating the Medical School Research and Training Revolving Fund (Fund) to support the operations of the School and Library;
(2) Requiring all indirect overhead revenues generated by the School and Library through research and training programs to be deposited into the Fund;
(3) Appropriating startup moneys to the Fund from the University of Hawaii Research and Training Revolving Fund; and
(4) Authorizing the expenditure of moneys from the Fund.
UH submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.
Your Committee finds that UH was authorized to plan, design, and build the new medical school complex with the understanding that it would be self-sustaining. This bill will ensure that the School and Library are able to operate in an independent and cost-efficient manner.
Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 891, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 891, H.D. 2, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Chair |
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